by admin | Feb 19, 2020 | News & Analysis
Neebs Gaming, which has currently has 1.88 million subscribers on YouTube was hacked over the weekend and rebranded to pose as a Coinbase channel in order to scam viewers. It is estimated that roughly AUD $35,874 was stolen....
by admin | Feb 19, 2020 | News & Analysis
Article explains why Australian authorities needs to do more to stop money laundering and tax avoidance. Austrac identified that criminals are targeting the Australian business sector to launder money relating to a range of offences including tax fraud, drug...
by admin | Feb 18, 2020 | News & Analysis
A new Bitcoin extortion scam is targeting website owners and threatening to shut down their Google AdSense ads by flooding them with junk traffic unless they pay up....
by admin | Feb 18, 2020 | News & Analysis
The ABC has uncovered a multi-million-dollar scam that targets vulnerable Australians. The scheme exploits the homeless and people addicted to drugs and alcohol and turns them into company directors. Companies use the ‘dummy directors’ to rip off creditors...
by admin | Feb 17, 2020 | News & Analysis
The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) says electronic payment fraud could be reduced, if banks checked the name of the account holder, when processing an electronic funds transfer. ACCC also wants ASIC to consider a new British three-stage checking...